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2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019/20 – 2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019/20 – 2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 Page 1 | 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019/20 - 2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019/20 - 2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 | Page 1 Contents LIST OF ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................................4 MINISTER’S FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................................6 CEO’s FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................................8 PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW: ......................................................................................................... 11 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .....................................................................................................................................12 1.1 Strategic Overview .....................................................................................................................................12 1.2 Corporate Values .......................................................................................................................................13 2. LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER MANDATES ...............................................................................................................14 2.1 Constitutional Mandate ..................................................................................................................................14 2.2 International Mandates/Frameworks ...............................................................................................................14 2.3 Legislative Mandate ........................................................................................................................................16 2.4 Relevant Court Rulings ....................................................................................................................................16 3. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS ....................................................................................................................................17 3.1 Performance Environment ...............................................................................................................................17 3.2 National Development Plan (NDP) ...................................................................................................................20 3.3 Alignment with Government’s Nine Point Plan ................................................................................................23 3.4 Alignment with Government’s Delivery Agreement .........................................................................................24 3.5 Alignment with DEA and DOT Strategic Plans .................................................................................................25 3.6 Organisational Environment ............................................................................................................................25 4. ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE .........................................................................................................................28 Page 2 | 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019/20 - 2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019/20 - 2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 | Page 3 5. STRATEGIC OUTCOME ORIENTED GOALS OF SANParks ....................................................................................30 PART B: PROGRAMME AND SUB-PROGRAMME PLANS ..................................................................... 33 6. SANParks Strategy Map ....................................................................................................................................35 PART C: STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................................... 37 7. RISK MANAGEMENT .........................................................................................................................................45 PART D: ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN (INCLUSIVE OF CURRENT AND MEDIUM TERM TARGETS (3 OUTER YEARS) ........................................................................................ 49 PART E: ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN (INCLUDING ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY TARGETS, ENABLING CONDITIONS AND MEANS OF VERIFICATION ..................................................... 67 PART F: LINK TO OTHER PLANS........................................................................................................... 91 8. LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER CAPITAL PLANS ............................................................................92 9. PUBLIC- PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS .......................................................................................................................117 PART G: TECHNICAL INDICATOR DESCRIPTORS ................................................................................. 129 PART H: BUDGET ................................................................................................................................. 161 PART I: ALIGNMENT WITH DEA STRATEGIC PRIORITIES..................................................................... 163 Page 2 | 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019/20 - 2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019/20 - 2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 | Page 3 LIST OF ACRONYMS African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural LDV Land Development Value ACCNR Resources LYTD Last Year To Date AENP Addo Elephant National Park MANCO Management Committee AG Auditor-General MET Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool AGSA Auditor-General South Africa M:F Male:Female APP Annual Performance Plan MPA Marine Protected Area CBD Convention on Biological Diversity MNP Mapungubwe National Park CEO Chief Executive Officer MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild CITES MTSF Medium Term Strategic Framework Fauna and Flora NDP National Development Plan CMS Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals PFMA Public Finance Management Act CRM Customer Relationship Management PMP Park Management Plan CYTD Current Year To Date PPP Public-Private Partnerships DAFF Department of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries PWD People with Disabilities EE Employment Equity SANParks South African National Parks EMI Environmental Management Inspectorate SED Socio-Economic Development EPWP Extended Public Works Programme SoAIM State of Area Integrity Assessment EXCO Executive Committee SMME Small Medium and Micro Enterprise FTE Full-Time Equivalents TBD To be determined GRNP Garden Route National Park UNCCD United National Convention on Combating Desertification HCM Human Capital Management UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change HOD Head of Division WHC World Heritage Convention ICT Information and Communication Technology TFCA Transfrontier Conservation Area ITS Integrated Transformation Strategy YoY Year on Year KNP Kruger National Park Page 4 | 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019/20 - 2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019/20 - 2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 | Page 5 Page 4 | 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019/20 - 2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019/20 - 2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 | Page 5 Minister’s Foreword t gives me great pleasure to present to you the 2019/2020 Development Plan, but also by the provisions, principles Annual Performance Plan and the 5-year Strategic Plan and guidelines of a number of multilateral environmental – 2019/2020 to 2023/2024 for South African National agreements that have a bearing on environmental and Parks. conservation issues in South Africa. IIn the third most mega-diverse country in the world, Aligned to this, the 2019/2020 Annual Performance Plan SANParks plays a pivotal role in managing a sustainable (APP) consolidates SANParks’ strategic objectives and system of national parks to conserve not only our country’s priorities for the medium term and reflects the attendant rich natural heritage, but also the rich heritage contained performance indicators, targets and budgets as set out in within those conservation areas. the Strategic Plan. As our national parks authority, SANParks responds to our economic transformation and job creation Looking after the variety of biomes requires sound agenda as the sixth administration. governance, compliance and best practice in its strategic operations. The advancement of cooperation through, for instance, the Transfrontier Conservation Areas, will extend beyond The 2019/20 to 2023/24 Strategic Plan sets out policy 2030. So also, the public-private partnerships entered into priorities, programmes and project plans to meet SANParks’s in the construction of new camps in national parks, the mandate, with the resources available for the task. The management of lodges, curio shops, restaurants and other Plan is not only informed by government’s Medium Term activities within these pristine conservation areas. The latest Strategic Framework, and the vision outlined in the National addition to this is the Skukuza Safari Lodge. Page 6 | 5-Year Strategic Plan 2019/20 - 2023/24 & Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 5-Year Strategic
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